"How Diamonds Are Made"

HOW DIAMONDS ARE MADE

WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF ALL THE TRAGEDIES,

THAT PUT YOU IN YOUR DARKEST PLACE?

EACH ONE LEFT YOU TO SUFFER...

ALL ALONE, FOR ONLY YOU TO FACE.

HOW MANY WOUNDS WERE YOU LEFT TO COUNT

AND HOW MANY MORE COULD YOU STAND TO BEAR?

REMEMBER WHEN YOU REACHED OUT YOUR DESPARATE HANDS

BUT FOUND NO ONE WAS STANDING THERE...?

TELL ME, WHAT WERE THEY, AND WHO WAS IT?

THAT BLINDED YOU TO SEE YOUR WORTH?

TO LEAVE YOUR TIRED FEET YEARNING TO RUN

AND YOUR BEATEN SOUL BENEATH THE EARTH

WHAT WAS IT THEN? AND IS IT NOW?

THAT FORCED SURRENDER INTO YOUR HEART

LEFT SO AFRAID TO BE HELD AGAIN

FOR FEAR THAT YOU WOULD ONLY FALL APART

...

I WISH IT WOULD ONLY TAKE MY WORDS

TO REBUILD WHAT WAS TURNED TO DUST

BUT IN YOUR PAST YOU'VE HEARD SO MANY

BE USED AS WEAPONS TO KILL YOUR TRUST

IF ONLY I COULD ERASE YOUR PAST

AND WALK THE ROADS YOU'VE TRAVELLED THROUGH

JUST TO COLLECT ALL THE SHATTERED PIECES

THAT WERE ONCE PIECES OF YOU...

BUT I CAN'T FIX THAT...

THE PRESSURE UPON YOUR SHOULDERS

HAVE WEIGHED YOU DOWN AND LEFT YOU WEAK

WITH THE HEAT OF DOUBT AND HATRED

BURNING THE SKIN UPON YOUR CHEEK

YOUR DESPARATE SMILES TO BURY DEEP

ONLY CAUSE YOUR COLORS TO FADE

YOU FEEL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT OF YOU

BUT BABY...

THAT'S HOW DIAMONDS ARE MADE!

NOW OPEN YOUR EYES...

BECAUSE THAT SMILE THAT WAS ONCE A FLICKER

IT NO LONGER HAS TO BE A DISGUISE!

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO RISE- AND SHINE ON!!

SO GET ON YOUR FEET- AND RAISE YOUR CHEST!!

TO THOSE WHO'VE ONLY CHOSE TO SEE YOU AT YOUR WORST

THEY DON'T DESERVE TO SEE YOU AT YOUR BEST!

CUZ DAMNIT, YOU'RE PRICELESS!! SO ACT LIKE IT!!

AND HOPE THAT ONE DAY, ALL YOUR TRAUMAS WILL END

BUT UNTIL THEN, LOSE COUNT OF ALL YOUR TRIUMPHS...

AND SHOW YOUR ENEMIES THAT THEY CAN NEVER WIN!!!

WHEN THEY SPEAK, DON'T LISTEN! SHUT YOUR EARS

DON'T LET THEM TROUBLE YOUR MIND WITH ALL THEIR LIES

FIGHT BACK AND BE FEARLESS- DON'T YOU LET ANY MORE TEARS

PUT OUT THAT FIRE THAT'S WITHIN YOUR EYES!!

BECAUSE THEY FAILED YOU, BY NEVER TAKING NOTICE

AND YOU WERE THE BATTLE THEY WERE TRYING TO AVOID

BUT WHILE THEY HURT YOU, IT HAD CREATED YOU

INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN NEVER BE DESTROYED

SO IN DESPERATION, THEY WANTED TO BURY IT

BUT YOUR BEAUTY'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE

IT WAS AT YOUR WEAKEST, THAT YOU'RE NOW STRONGER

THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN BEFORE!

...

WHAT A TREASURE THAT HAS BEEN FOUND!

NOW ARE YOU READY TO DISPLAY YOUR WEALTH?

YOU WILL STAND UP AND RISE FROM OUT OF THE GROUND

IF I HAVE TO DIG YOU OUT MYSELF!

...Richie Said That!